The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-10
A Change in the Gladstone Programme.

simultaneously with Mr.. GLADsToNE's
final protest against the Crimes bill came q
confirmation Of the report that for tactical
purposes he has determined on q change OF
some Importance In his home rule pro-
gramme. In one Of the speeches made dur
ing his late tour in Wales the ex-Premier
had peen understood to say that, In case tho
Parliament at Dublin were restored, he
would not insist upon excluding Irish
n,emDers from the imperial assem-
bly, at Westminster. The leaders Of
the dissident liberals, foreseeing the dam
Rerous effect Of such q concession on their
followers, as well as on the bye-olections now
impending, denied that 1t had ever been dis
unctly mooted But now Mr.. MORLEY, who
Of all Mr.. GLADsToNE's lieutenants has
hitherto most strenuously objected to the
presence Of an Irish delegation at Westmin-
ster. has publicly renounced his opposition.
thus proclsiming that In this particular the
party platform has been reconstructed.
This concession can now be made more
safely than ii could have been In June, 1885.
Had Mr.. GLADSTONE then yielded upon this
point the misgivings which he shared with
Mr.. PARnnLb touching the expectancy Of re-
might have bean Justified by the event. For
In that cause.-The Wing Dukes and great land
owners, whose spokesman IN tho House
Of Commons is tho Marquis Of HART
MaroN reluctant to sundor traditional
associations and deprived Of their chief
pretext would probably have remained
in the liberal party. Thus their great 80
clal influence and tho vast pe0un1ary re-
sotrces, upon which, at election times. they
have layishly drawn, would have continued
to assure to them o weight In the party
councils which would nave acted as check
upon Mr.. GIApgToNKB radical prociivities
and as O SERIOUS disturber Of ths relations
between Dublin Parliament and the Par
lament Of Westminster. Upon the plea
of, upholdlng the supremacy Of the
imperial assembly, and finding q war;
sant FOR Interference In the pres
enes Of an Irish delegation in London,
they wouid have necessarily attempted to
contract tho scope OF Irish self-government
and minlmips tho value Of the home rule
boon by modifying or resembling the acts Of
the Dublin legislature. So far as Ireland 10
concerned, the great Wing landlords would
have tarried In tho Liberal party only To
cripple aid betray her. Sooner or later they
would all have deserted Mr.. GLADSTONE and
the gsnulns Liberals. as they did year ago,
on como question o. vital moment to the In
dependence sad efficiency OF Irish legisla-
tion. In this way they would have wrecked
moro irrepa-ably than ever the hopes Of con-
cord bstwosn tss sister Kingdoms.
Bus naGy things hkyo happened since
jana. 1876. Tae Wing Dukes and county
a:E2as$ss haDe gene forever to their proper
place smOns tie lsHss progressive members
D. tho Tory party. The Task OF their con-
trlbutions, which SO trammelled the Glad
ssonisns In last years general election, will
hereafter DO made good from othor sources,
They have proved powerless to thwart the
return OF real Liberals In tho bye-elections
which have lately taken place and are now
going OF. Far, therefore, from continuing
the effort to reclaim them, MIR. GLAD
gIoNE "a now showing that hc con-
sItors theiz room better than their COIN
pony by the recent sharp interchange
OF contradiction and recrlminatlon between
himself and the Marquis OF HARRINGTON
lie means to treat no longer with Messrs